It's not a good day to have to shut your windows
The heatwave is melting us all and our windows and doors have been flung open as we collectively try to cool down.
This is what most people see: the gathering cloud of thousands of flying ants, no longer flying very much, buzzing around on the ground. @lucymh44 said: "Flying ant day. I'm hiding in the house so many flying ants and I am not a fan of them getting stuck in my hair." A researcher involved in a project at the University of Leeds said: "Ants, like the black garden ant , generally live underground, but for a few days each year the young male and new queen ants take to the air to mate and find a new home.
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